The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NORMAN VANDENBERG
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Appeal No. 2006-2067
Application 10/437,836
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HEARD: August 10, 2006
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Before FRANKFORT, OWENS and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-20, which are all of the pending claims.
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims a method and system for remotely sensing terrain elevation.
Claims 1 and 13 are illustrative:
1. A method of remotely sensing terrain elevation, comprising the steps of:
sampling returns from radar scatterers associated with the terrain along multiple
lanes using first and second channels that overlap to form a cross-shaped antenna
pattern; and
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